"That's such a magical number. It brings a smile to everyone in the plant. We're the Usain Bolt of our industry!"
FEVZI KIDAK,
Plant Manager, Yildiz Entegre
"We're the Usain Bolt of our industry!"
Capacity between services has skyrocketed
By switching its plug screw servicing to ANDRITZ, Yildiz Entegre’s Mersin plant in southern Turkey can now process more than a million m3 of chips between services and is saving tens of thousands of euros on energy costs.
Good cooperation and customized solutions
International firm, Yildiz Entegre, is the largest panelboard manufacturer in Turkey, producing MDF, panels for flooring, doors, decorative and other uses. For this ANDRITZ Success Story, our focus is Yildiz’s 1,500 m3/day Akdeniz Facility in Mersin on Turkey’s south coast, which serves domestic Turkish customers and also operates as a gateway to the Middle East and North African markets.
Yildiz began cooperating with ANDRITZ in 2017 and has been placing orders since 2018. As a result, the plant’s refiner system – originally from another OEM – now mainly consists of ANDRITZ equipment.In this project the ANDRITZ solution was customized to the Mersin plant’s specific needs. In this case, that means re-designed wear and process parts inside the AdvaProtect Segment Housing, which are influencing the compression at the end of the screw. That has helped to reduce CO2 emissions by 176 t/year and energy consumption by 520 MWh/year, saving Yildiz Mersin 50,000-70,000 euros/year in electrical energy costs. The capacity between services has skyrocketed from less than 400,000m3 to more than 1.000,000m3 following refurbishment by ANDRITZ's in country facility in Izmir.
"We cooperate well, face to face - we tell us the truth.
This success would not have been possible without their contribution."
RAPHAEL EICHINGER,
Global Product Manager, Panelboard Service, ANDRITZ
These latest (and perhaps greatest) successes were made possible by the good track record between Mersin and ANDRITZ. From the customers perspective it wasn’t obvious from the beginning that this particular project would actually happen because they did not want or need to change their comfortable behaviour as there weren't any big problems. Yildiz Entegre didn't have to make this change for technological or price reasons but ANDRITZ persuaded them that they could do better with ANDRITZ technology.
Servicing competitor units
Besides the million-m3 milestone, this project was also a breakthrough for ANDRITZ in terms of servicing plug screw feeders from its competitors. It’s a reminder that ANDRITZ can upgrade equipment from other OEMs, even when it’s difficult.
“Our competitors can’t service our machines, but we can service theirs. For example, ANDRITZ now carries out more than half of the aftersales service work on PR refiners, worldwide.”
CIHAN AYLA,
General Manager, Hanex
If you have any questions or want to receive more information about this successful project please contact:
Raphael Eichinger
GLOBAL PRODUCT MANAGER,
PANELBOARD SERVICE, ANDRITZ
raphael.eichinger@andritz.com
